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Visit to first crash site in Tian'e, Guangxi province

Mr. YA pointing to the hillside where the plane crashed.  Villagers say the plane came in at night, in the dark, then circled dropping flares, before finally crashing.  A large number of Chinese soldiers were on the plane, supposedly just returned from training abroad, and all died, along with the two Americans. At least one additional American bailed out of the airplane, was injured, but ultimately survived, and was taken from the valley a couple days after the crash.

Images from January 13, 2008 search for an MIA site in Tian'e county, Guangxi province.  Carrol D. Gregory and another American were lost at a site called "Tungloa" on February 7, 1945, and we sought out this site.  The images under this title are from a site that matches very closely the record of Gregory's loss at "Tungloa".

Mr. YA pointing to the hillside where the plane crashed.  Villagers say the plane came in at night, in the dark, then circled dropping flares, before finally crashing.  A large number of Chinese soldiers were on the plane, supposedly just returned from training abroad, and all died, along with the two Americans. At least one additional American bailed out of the airplane, was injured, but ultimately survived, and was taken from the valley a couple days after the crash.
 
As to the burial location of the two Americans who perished-- The old timers know that they were buried, but none of those who knew exactly where are still alive.
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